Trees for Life International

Trees for Life International "work started in the early 1980s with the planting of fruit trees in India. The emphasis was on creating awareness, training people to plant and take care of trees, and providing them with the resources needed to accomplish their tasks. Each recipient made a pledge to help at least two others in the same manner in which they had been helped.

The program grew rapidly in India and spread to Guatemala, Cambodia, Nepal, Costa Rica, Haiti, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Ethiopia, Nicaragua and El Salvador. As a result, tens of millions of fruit trees have been planted."

Trustees
Accessed August 2008:


 * BOARD CHAIRPERSON - Sister Tarcisia Roths
 * PRESIDENT - Balbir S. Mathur - Founder, Trees for Life
 * EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - David Kimble - Trees for Life
 * SECRETARY - Treva Mathur - Co-Founder, Trees for Life
 * TREASURER - Victor Klaassen, C.P.A. - Accountant
 * Charles Benscheidt - President, High Yield Sales Co.
 * Steve Carter - ESL teacher, Wichita State University
 * Robert S. Doenges - Businessman
 * Virginia Frantz - Community Leader
 * Jane Goodall - The Jane Goodall Institute
 * Bob Knight - Former Mayor, City of Wichita
 * Sheila Kumar - Community volunteer
 * Hal McCoy - Businessman
 * D.B., "Doc" Mathews - Dentist, retired
 * Ambassador George McGovern - Former U.S. Senator
 * Reed Jules Oppenheimer - Businessman
 * Vik Wall - Physician
 * Margalee Wright - Character Education, USD 259, retired

Contact

 * Web: http://www.treesforlife.org